Catalog
25 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1925-1930 |
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| Value | 25 Livres |
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| Obverse lettering | بنك سوريا ولبنان الكبير خمسة وعشرون ليرة CL. SERVEAU FEC. E. DELOCHE SC. |
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| Reverse lettering | GRAND-LIBAN BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU GRAND-LIBAN VINGT CINQ LIVRES REMBOURSABLE AU PORTEUR EN CHÈQUE SUR PARIS OU MARSEILLE À RAISON DE VINGT FRANCS PAR LIVRE CL. SERVEAU FEC. E. DELOCHE SC. |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was established in 1919 under French Mandate authority, replacing the Ottoman-era Imperial Ottoman Bank as the issuing institution for the region. France's decision to use the Banque de France's own printing facilities — rather than contracting a commercial security printer — was deliberate, tying the credibility of Mandate currency directly to metropolitan French monetary infrastructure.
Clément Serveau was a respected illustrator and poster artist whose work for the Banque de France series brought a distinctly metropolitan aesthetic to currency intended for circulation in Beirut and Damascus. Deloche's engraving work on this series is technically accomplished; the intaglio depth on surviving examples is notably consistent.
Pick 6 spans a five-year window, suggesting the notes were either printed in batches across multiple dates or held in reserve before release — the precise print run figures have not been published.